Pathology Residency

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Residency

Program Length

4 years

Program Type

  • On Campus
Name: Joanna Chan, MD, FCPP, FCAP
Position: Director, Pathology Residency Program
Organization: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

117 South 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Program Contact

Name: Deborah Rosen
Position: Program Coordinator, Pathology Residency Program

117 South 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Contact Number(s):

Alumni

Namra Ajmal, MD
Fellowship:

University of Michigan
2025-2026 - Surgical Pathology

Elizaveta Flerova, MD
Fellowship:

Mayo Clinic
2025-2026 - Hematopathology

Alaa Hrizat, MD
Fellowship:

Mayo Clinic
2025-2026 - Cytopathology

Sherry Lee, MD, PhD
Fellowship:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2025-2026 - Gastrointestinal Pathology

Arianna Morton, DO
Fellowship:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2025-2026 - Hematopathology

Daniel Christensen, DO
Fellowship:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2024-2025 - Surgical Pathology

Gabriel DiNatale, MD
Fellowship:

Fox Chase Cancer Center
2024-2025 - Surgical Pathology

Mariam Ghafoor, MD
Fellowship:

Mayo Clinic
2024-2025 - Surgical Pathology

Roa Alqabbani, MD
Fellowship:

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland
2023-2024 - Forensic Pathology

Timothy Chao, MD, PhD
Fellowship:

University of Pennsylvania
2023-2024 - Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Pathology

Ruihe Lin, MD
Fellowship:

University of Pennsylvania
2023-2024 - Surgical Pathology

Zunaira Naeem, MD
Fellowship:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2023-2024 - Cytopathology

Yanina Nikolaus, MD
Assistant Professor

Marshall University

Madeline Reganis, MD
Fellowship:

University of Pennsylvania Hospital
2023-2024 - Surgical Pathology

Aaron Christensen, MD
Fellowship:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 
2022-2023 - Transfusion Medicine

Jesus Rico, MD
Fellowship:

Harris County Institute of Forensice Sciences
2022-2023 - Forensic Pathology

Ziver Sahin, MD
Fellowship:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2022-2023 - Hematopathology

Zhimin Yuan, MD
Fellowship:

Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
2022-2023 - Surgical Pathology 

Kaitlin Collura, MD, PhD
Fellowship:

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland
2021-2022 - Forensic Pathology

Aidan Kerr, MD
Fellowship:

Office of the Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico
2021-2022 - Forensic Pathology

Belen Quereda Bernabeu, MD
Fellowships:  

University of Pennsylvania Hospital
2021-2022 - Hematopathology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022-2023 - Oncologic Surgical Pathology 

Juliana Guarente, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Transfusion Medicine
Associate Director, Pathology Residency Program
Fellowships:  

Yale New Haven Hospital
2021-2022 - Transfusion Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2022-2023 - Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine

Priya Johal, MD
Fellowship:

University of Pennsylvania Hospital
2021-2022 - Cytopathology and Breast Pathology

Geetha Jagannathan, MD
Fellowships:
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
2020-2021 - Surgical Pathology
Columbia University Hospital
2021-2022 -  Renal Pathology 

Michelle Nagurney, MD
Fellowship:
Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office
2020-2021 -  Forensic Pathology

Kerri-Ann Latchmansingh, MD
Fellowship:
Jackson Memorial/University of Miami
2020-2021- Hematopathology 

Mehri Mollaee, MD
Fellowship:

Fox Chase Cancer Center
2020-2021 - Surgical Pathology

Ashley Vogel, DO
Hematopathologist/General Pathologist
Doylestown Hospital
Fellowship:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2019-2020 - Hematopathology

Tatiana Villatoro, MD
Assistant Professor in Pathology 
 
Magee Women's Hospital of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Fellowships: 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2019-2020 - Surgical Pathology

Jeremy Molligan, MD
Fellowship:
Pennsylvania Hospital
2019-2020 - Surgical Pathology 
Mayo Clinic
2020-2021 - Surgical Pathology

Esteban Gnass, MD
Fellowships:
LAC+USC (USC Keck School of Medicine)
University of California, Los Angeles
2018–2019 - Surgical Pathology
2019–2021 -Transfusion Medicine/Clinical Informatics (combined program)

Miguel Rufail, MD
Pathologist
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Fellowships:
University of Michigan
2018-2019 - Cytopathology
Pennsylvania Hospital
2019-2020 - Surgical Pathology

Liu Liu, MD, PhD
Fellowships:
Virginia Commonwealth University
2018-2019 - Surgical Pathology
2019-2020 - Cytopathology

Laura Biederman, MD
Assistant Professor
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Staff Pathologist
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Fellowships:

Boston Children’s Hospital
2018-2019 - Pediatrics
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2019-2020 - Renal Pathology

Dimath Alyemni, MD
Forensic Pathogist
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Fellowship:
Office of Chief Medical Examiner, NY
2019-2020 - Forensic Pathology

Asa Rubin, MD
Fellowships:
2018-2020 - White House Fellowship
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
2020-2021 - Surgical Pathology 

Danielle Fortuna, MD
Assistant Professor
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Fellowships:
University of Pennsylvania
2017-2018 - GI Pathology 

Upasana Joneja, MD
Assistant Professor
Cooper University Hospital

Fellowships:
Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY
2017-2018 -  Surgical Pathology
University of Pennsylvania
2018-2019 - Surgical Pathology 

Nneamaka Nwaoduah, MD

Fellowship:
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2016-2017 - Surgical Pathology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2017-2018 - Hematopathology

Allison Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Cytopathology Division
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Associate Director, Pathology Residency Program
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2017-2018 - Cytopathology

James Casey, MD
Staff Pathologist
Virtua Health System/Diagnostic Pathology Consultants
Fellowships:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2016-2017 - Cytopathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2017-2018 - Surgical Pathology  

Stacey Mardekian Gargano, MD
Assistant Professor
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowships
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh
2016-2017 - Surgical Pathology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2018-2019 - Cytopathology  

Paolo Cotzia, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Breast and Molecular Pathology
New York University
Assistant Director, Pathology Operations
NYU Center for Biospecimen Research & Development 
Fellowships: 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
2016-2017 - Surgical Pathology
2017-2018 - Molecular Pathology